The Adventurer (1917) :
Brief Review -
The Tramp, The Criminal, The Fugitive, The Comedian, The Lover, The Polymorph and The Adventurer.. All In One - The Charlie Chaplin. The Adventurer is truly "One Man Show." Charlie Chaplin had gone onto archive something of unseen level with this film and yes i am referring to its release time. By 1917, i don't think any other Hollywood Celebrity had done so much in one film and so well too. I mean yes, there was Harold Lloyd (quite unpopular then) and yes even Keaton debuted in the same year so yes that proves the point that Chaplin was running ahead. The Adventurer is a comedy that suits its title. It is an adventurous comedy indeed. It's about a Little Tramp who escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party. Naturally we need a villainous character here so a Father's character is there. And subsequently cops enter into the picture which more or so predictabile. I loved the way this story runs. It has all the scenes lined-up properly, you know that one after another thing. Chaplin's drowning scene is just fantastic, the way he looks at the mother and then the girl and then drops down her Father unknowingly. It was all so much Fun to see. Next, that entire cat and mouse thing in the party, that tit for tat fights, that newspaper scene everything was a complete chaos. The Adventurer could have had a positive end, i was actually expecting one because i though that it's fair for a 1917's film. I thought that expecting something realistic and bittersweet would be too much for an 104 years old film but it proved me wrong. I felt so good when I saw that the climax is actually not the typical 'Happy Ending'. Chaplin was thinking way ahead of his time and that's why I always call him a Genius Film-maker. Overall, The Adventurer is a brilliant comedy plus drama with Chaplin scoring his early merits in Hollywood.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
The Tramp, The Criminal, The Fugitive, The Comedian, The Lover, The Polymorph and The Adventurer.. All In One - The Charlie Chaplin. The Adventurer is truly "One Man Show." Charlie Chaplin had gone onto archive something of unseen level with this film and yes i am referring to its release time. By 1917, i don't think any other Hollywood Celebrity had done so much in one film and so well too. I mean yes, there was Harold Lloyd (quite unpopular then) and yes even Keaton debuted in the same year so yes that proves the point that Chaplin was running ahead. The Adventurer is a comedy that suits its title. It is an adventurous comedy indeed. It's about a Little Tramp who escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party. Naturally we need a villainous character here so a Father's character is there. And subsequently cops enter into the picture which more or so predictabile. I loved the way this story runs. It has all the scenes lined-up properly, you know that one after another thing. Chaplin's drowning scene is just fantastic, the way he looks at the mother and then the girl and then drops down her Father unknowingly. It was all so much Fun to see. Next, that entire cat and mouse thing in the party, that tit for tat fights, that newspaper scene everything was a complete chaos. The Adventurer could have had a positive end, i was actually expecting one because i though that it's fair for a 1917's film. I thought that expecting something realistic and bittersweet would be too much for an 104 years old film but it proved me wrong. I felt so good when I saw that the climax is actually not the typical 'Happy Ending'. Chaplin was thinking way ahead of his time and that's why I always call him a Genius Film-maker. Overall, The Adventurer is a brilliant comedy plus drama with Chaplin scoring his early merits in Hollywood.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.